Matthew Chapter 26 verse 5 Holy Bible
But they said, Not during the feast, lest a tumult arise among people.
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But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
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but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.
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But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
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But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
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and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Not on the feast day; ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ: during the feast; i.e. during the eight days of the Passover celebration. The assembled multitudes did not leave the city until the close of the octave, so the danger of a rising was not removed till then. The rulers well knew the stern temper of Pilate the procurator, who was prepared to crush any popular movement with the strong hand, and at festival times had always his soldiers ready to hurl upon the mob at the slightest provication, and to deal indiscriminate slaughter. Hence arose the plan of a clandestine apprehension. It was, indeed, the custom to execute great criminals at the time of the chief festivals, in order to impress the spectacle of retribution upon the greatest number; but in the case of Jesus, after what had occurred during the last few days, and when Jerusalem was filled with Galilaeans, who might naturally favour their countryman's pretensions, it was deemed dangerous to make any open attack. Their fears were relieved in the most unexpected manner by the appearance of Judas among them (ver. 14).
